(UPDATE: The pig has now been recovered, as the BBC link below will show you.)
In a repeat incident of something I initially wrote about seven months ago (our version of what I am about to write about happened back in ‘04 when I was a radio DJ for the American Forces Network in Portugal), the Pink Floyd pig suddenly floated away during a Roger Waters concert.
This from the BBC:
Former Pink Floyd star Waters said “that’s my pig” as it drifted away during Sunday’s gig.
Coachella spokeswoman Marcee Rondan said: “It wasn’t really supposed to happen that way.”
The pig was tethered to the ground with ropes and floated away as Waters was playing Pink Floyd song Pigs on the Wing. Pink Floyd had used inflatable pigs during their concerts in the past, and the lost animal was the same prototype as all the others, according to Ms Rondan.
Shades of 2004 indeed. Albeit this pig wasn’t a simple paper-maiche pig that kids were trying to shoot down with darts, and this one had political messages on it.
Either way it brings back vivid memories of a prank we all pulled at Lajes and this story has left me giddy inside.
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